Mrs Zoltan is putting a hot water bottle in with the rabbits

[zoltan]

Will this fuck them up ? i.e. make them intolerant to the cold, and lead to a sprial of thermal misery

They have fur and a hutch with a tarp and ( wait for it ) an old duvet under the tarp

 

[aqua]

aaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

 

[Kanda]

THAT! is a good wife.

I hope you go cold

 

[_pH_]

Will this fuck them up ? i.e. make them intolerant to the cold, and lead to a sprial of thermal misery

They have fur and a hutch with a tarp and ( wait for it ) an old duvet under the tarp

i used to do that for my bunnies

it's cold for bunnies too!

 

[Y_I_Otter]

Our rabbit cages are in an unheated out-building and the bunnies do just fine here in rural Ontario (where night-time temperatures regularly dip below -20C). They should be okay as long as they're protected from draughts and their water's replenished often (they'll lick ice in a pinch, but it drops their core temperature, which isn't conducive to them gaining weight from their feed).

A hot water bottle won't hurt, but unless your equal to the task of replacing it every hour or so, it's probably best not to get them used to it.

 

[moose]

Soft Southern bastards. They'll be drinking sherry next.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Get them a heatpad, they last much much longer than a hot water bottle.

 

[Looby]

My bunny would sleep in the house when it was really cold.

 

[fogbat]

There are quicker ways of cooking them, you know

 

[spanglechick]

i had to buy one of those stoneware ones, cos i was worried he would nibble through it and scald himself. I used to make it up with boiling water and wrap it in a towel, so he didn't burn himself. But it used to worry me that he'd think it was another rabbit, which would die and so get colder during the night.

That lasted about a week, before I gave up and moved him into the kitchen for the rest of the winter.

 

[mrs quoad]

Has she realised that when it freezes, there'll be a large lump of freezing cold ice in there wi em?

 

[idioteque]

(((cold babbits)))

 

[Geri]

My bunny would sleep in the house when it was really cold.

I would do that as well, if I had them.

 

[mrs quoad]

I would do that as well, if I had them.

Having tasted the deliciousness that is hare and raspberry salad, I'd be cautious of taking my bunnies anywhere too near the kitchen lest I succumb to irresistible raspberry-flavoured temptation.